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1. Declaration of interests:

Colin Smyth indicated that he had no relevant interests to declare.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.

3. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

 (SSI 2023/335)
 (SSI 2023/336)
 (SSI 2203/337)
 (SSI 2023/339)

4. Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill (in private):

The Committee considered a draft report on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft report via correspondence.

5. Quarterly report (in private):

The Committee considered a draft report for the parliamentary quarter from 13 May to 22 September 2023 and agreed to publish the finalised report.